Nighttime Soundwalk at Sok Kwu Wan

Listening carefully to the sound of the environment often leads to many interesting discoveries. When it comes to Sok Kwu Wan, the sound that everyone immediately thinks of may be the whistle from the vessels, people talking or bird humming. But have you noticed the sound of this place at night?

In this workshop, participants will get to know more about what natural sound recording is and how weather and time affect the sound. Brandon Chan, our artist-in-residence and AK Kan, a field recordist will discover with you the sound of Sok Kwu Wan at night.

Date: 17/3/2022 (Thu)

Time: 20:00 - 21:30

Form: Zoom

Age: 6 yrs old or above

Language: Cantonese

*Free admission

About the Artist:

Chan Pak-kin, Brandon

Chan received his Bachelor and Master of Visual Arts degrees from the Academy of Visual Arts at the Hong Kong Baptist University. He considers himself an 'art labourer' who collects stories about objects and people, and creates narratives about their complex relationships. His work serves as an exchange platform for people to share their daily lives, and their abandonment of and attachment to objects, probing into the cultural history of objects through the stories of all walks of life.

Kan Hei-chun, AK

Freelance sound designer, artist and field recordist AK Kan graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre and Entertainment Arts (major Sound System Design) in 2017. He is currently curating the sound recording project “AK IN KK – Nature Field Recording HK”. Recent projects include: Jockey Club ifva Everywhere New Work Series Birds Sing Louder in the City, Touring Performance – Found Without Seeing, dance performance – Yin Yu Chun Fai; Little Smudges Theatre’s The Beauty of Dot; immersive theatre projects at the Fringe Club – Lingering in Time and Stream of Consciousness; HKAPA Academy Festival 2017: School of Dance Spring Performance and Ocean Park Halloween Fest (2014–2017). He also designed the sound for Dialogue in the Dark Dialogue Experience (2019) and for A Thousand Plateaus (Freespace, 2021).